Tool for handling dynamite.



F. K. FREEMAN.

- TOOL FOR HANDLING DYNAMITE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1916.

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FRANK K. FREEMAN, OF KElVNAN, WISCONSIN.

TOOL FOR HANDLING- DYNAMITE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed May 1, 1916. Serial No.-94,714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK K. FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kennan, in the county of Price, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Handling Dynamite; and I do hereby declarethe fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others sln'lled in the art to which it apperis provided with a passage 19 one end of tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tools for handllng dynamite.

The object of the invention is to provide a tool of the type named embodying an improved construction whereby the various operations incident to handling dynamite can be performed with facility.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedet'ails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended clalm.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer ence denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a lan view of a tool constructed in accor ance with the invention, the jaws of said tool being shown closed; Fig. 2, a fragment-of what is shown in Fig. 1 with the jaws in open position; Fig. 3, a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the elements of the tool, and Fig. 5, a perspective view of the other element.

Referring to the drawings the improved tool is shown as comprising pivotally connected members A and B corresponding ends of which are shaped to form handles 10 and 11 respectively, while the other correspond ing ends constitute the cotiperati'ng aws 12 and 13 respectively. The jaws 12 and 13 are hollowed out to form cooperating knife edges 14 and 15 respectively for the purpose of providing the necessary cutters to sever "a stick of dynamite for inserting-the explosion cap. Formed on the outer edge of the jaw 13 is a ring 18 of a diameter suitable to receive a stick of dynamite. The jaw 13 which communicates with the interior of the ring 18. Slidably mounted in this passage is a chisel element 20 provided with a longitudinal slot 21 through which is engaged a pin 22 carried by the jaw 13 and whereby the element 20 is secured against detachment from the jaw 13. Formed on the member A is an arm 23 which cooperates with the inner end ofthe chisel element 20 as the jaws 12 and 13 are closed for the purpose of forcing the chisel element to the position shown in Fig. 1. By this construction it will be apparent that when the jaws 12 and 13 are in the position shown in Fig. 2 and a stick of dynamite is inserted in the ring 18 and the jaws 12 and 13 then closed the arm 23 will cooperate with the chisel element 20 and force the latter into the stick of dynamite to split the same.

What is claimed is A tool of the class described comprising pivotally connected members corresponding ends of which form handles and the other corresponding end cooperating jaws, aring on the outer edge of one of said jaws, a chisel slidably mounted in said jaw-.and adapted to enter the ring when movedpin one direction, and an arm on one of the members cooperating with said chisel when the jaws are moved to closed position to force said chisel into the ring.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK K. FREEMAN. Witnesses:

CLARENCE L. PEoK, JAMES FREEMAN. 

